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Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

Ethical hackers swarm Pentagon websites

Sounds like cyber-war! Is it the Russians? Hackers are crawling all over the US Department of Defense’s websites – and DoD officials are quite happy about the whole thing. It’s pen-testing, baby.

Adventures in Penetration Testing – Breaking into Prison

Black Hills Information Security, and owner John Strand are ...

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account hijacking, cybersecurity, social engineering, Software vulnerability, Weekend Update

pen-testing, penetration testing

Guest Post – Why Should Data Security Be Your Top Priority

Have you or your business been a victim of data theft? Would you even know if you were? In this world where almost everything is accessible online, data security has become a global issue. Many criminal minds have surfaced throughout the years, using their skills in technology to illegally make money at the expense of other people’s information online. In ...

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cybersecurity, Identity Theft

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FBI Reports Email Account Hijacking Is Still Number One

The FBI’s 2019 Internet Crime Report, came out February 25. Email account hijacking, or Business Email Compromise (BEC) is the top money maker for cyber-criminal groups, earning them an estimated $1.776 BILLION with a B. CEOs of companies are top targets for this exploit, and usually it begins with a phishing email.

Even though ransomware is the big noisy topic, in terms of dollar losses, it is not even in the top ten, although a lot of expenses and costs ...

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account hijacking, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, law and policy, Phishing, ransomware

Cybersecurity Issues of Tele-work During COVID-19 Pandemic

Usually, I am combating computer viruses. These days, I am defending against the coronavirus, and COVID-19.

Why am I, as a cybersecurity professional, posting an article on COVID-19? Cybersecurity covers more territory than many people realize. Of course, a cybersecurity professional is always focused on protecting systems, networks, data, and information. But any cybersecurity certification I have personally taken ...

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cybersecurity, Virus, Viruses

Weekend Update

A quick Saturday digest of cybersecurity news articles from other sources.

How to Sanitize Electronics During COVID-19 Pandemic

Usually when I am talking about sanitizing a computer, I am talking about irreversibly deleting all the personal data. If you work on a computer, especially a SHARED COMPUTER, the keyboard and mouse needs to be sanitized periodically. A keyboard can have more germs than a toilet seat, and ...

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Brave, COVID-19, DNS over HTTPS, DNS over TLS, NSA

Scam Week – Impersonation Scams

The heart of a good scam is pretending to be someone you are not. This form of social engineering is known as the impostor scam or impersonation scam. Impostors can take different forms, and may show up on a phone call, or as an email from a trusted friend or family member, business associate, customer or coworker. Often ...

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account hijacking, Computers and Internet, cybersecurity, Identity Theft, social engineering

Scam Week – How Scammers Get Paid

When a scammer gets your money, it is usually gone for good. There are many ways that scammers use to receive payments from their victims, and often they will use methods that are unusual, such as gift cards, bitcoin, or other currency substitutes.

Today I will describe the different payment methods, and what advantages they offer the scammer. What ...

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Scam Week – Don’t Fall For Scams

Have you fallen for an online or telephone scam? How much money did you lose? I’ve personally known of two cases where the amount lost was $500 and $16,000, but scammers often get more.

If you are above the age of 55, you most certainly have been targeted by telephone callers and cyber-scammers, and received emails, text messages, Facebook ...

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Guest Post – Essential Cybersecurity Facts for Business Owners – Part 2

Today’s post was provided by The Broadband Search. This is the conclusion of the article that was published Wednesday.

Where, When, and How

While your small business is a likely target, how do these attacks occur and what targets are used specifically? What are the more precise factors involved and what types of attacks might you expect? Once ...

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Guest Post – Essential Cybersecurity Facts for Business Owners – Part 1

Today’s post was provided by The Broadband Search.

The worldwide cybersecurity market is expected to reach $167 billion in 2019, and it is only going to grow larger from there, given the number of attacks and the amount of wealth stored online. The line between physical and digital is being blurred more, and ...

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